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Meet the Incredible Woman Who Has Devoted 50 Years of Her Life to Raising Orphaned Elephants (VIDEO)

There is nothing more majestic than the sight of wild elephants, running freely and raising their trunks in triumph. Sadly, due to ivory poaching and deforestation, that sight is becoming increasingly rare throughout Africa. As a result, it has unfortunately become more common to find baby elephants orphaned and alone. The only way for a baby elephant to get left behind, is if its mother has been captured or killed. Like human children, baby elephants rely on their mothers for food and protection for the first few years of life. When elephants are orphaned, their rates of survival are extremely low – adding to the tragedy that is the current poaching crisis.

For the past 50 years, Daphne Sheldrick has been helping orphaned elephants at her home in Nairobi Kenya. In this clip is from Wisdom of the Wild by Allison Argo, we see Sheldrick in her element. Sheldrick has raised dozens of them over the years, right alongside her human family and says that she has learned a lot about motherhood in the process.

Elephants carry their young for almost two years and form strong social bonds with the entire herd starting at birth. All of this becomes very important when trying to provide care for orphaned baby elephants, who can easily die from a lack of emotional support.

A new study published in the journal Cell Biology reveals that from 1999-2015, around 150,000 wild orangutans disappeared in Borneo. That is HALF the population. The causes? Habitat loss from palm oil plantations and logging, and humans killing orangutans for their meat or out of fear.

Glastonbury, one of the most famous music festivals in the world, may become a fully plastic bottle-free zone! The organizers of the event are working on a ban that would eliminate a huge amount of plastic trash from the festival grounds and, ultimately, from the landfills and oceans.

A recent study published in Nutrients by a Physicians for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) research team, showed that a plant-based diet improves insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function in overweight adults.

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